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Quality Upgrades of EU Agri‐Food Exports

Author(s) -

Bojnec Štefan,

Fertő Imre

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

journal of agricultural economics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.157

H-Index - 61

eISSN - 1477-9552

pISSN - 0021-857X

DOI - 10.1111/1477-9552.12204

Subject(s) - quality (philosophy) , unit (ring theory) , economics , panel data , distribution (mathematics) , international economics , population , comparative advantage , external trade , inequality , value (mathematics) , economic inequality , business , international trade , agricultural economics , econometrics , statistics , mathematical analysis , philosophy , mathematics education , mathematics , demography , epistemology , sociology

We investigate determinants of quality upgrades in EU agri‐food exports using panel data models for the period 2000–2011. By employing highly disaggregated data we show that the unit value of exports is positively correlated to level of economic development and size of population. Our results highlight the negative impacts of comparative advantage and trade costs on upgrades in export quality. Our analysis partly confirms the role of income distribution in quality specialisation, that greater income inequality increases specialisation in quality upgrades. Findings are robust when applied to alternative subsamples, including vertically specialised and final agri‐food products.

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